Jacobus Brits, 1828–
- Name
- Jacobus /Brits/
- Given names
- Jacobus
- Surname
- Brits
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Birth
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2g2. |
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Baptism
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2g2. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Marriage
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2g2. Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e1f15. Citation details: Marriage: Jacobus BRITS and Cicilia Helena Christina BRITS (1849), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-W97L-K?i=416&cat=244034 : accessed 22 Apr 2020 |
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Death of a maternal grandmother
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Citation details: Myburgh, p761, b2c5d4e2. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza. |
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War
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Source citation: Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War. |
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Economic Event
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution. |
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Death of a paternal grandfather
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3. Citation details: Death notice: Rudolph Marthinus BRITS (1868), VAB MHG B208, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-DNS5-48?i=351&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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Death of a father
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2. |
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Marriage of a son
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Citation details: Death notice: Anna Cecilia BRITS (1901), VAB MHG B1852, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9R-NK?i=118&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 Citation details: Marrage: Jan Johannes Rudolf BRITS and Dina Carolina BOTHA (1870), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-ZGW?cc=1910846&wc=39ZX-L29%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C183104101 : 21 May 2014), Free State > Bloemfontein > Marriages 1870-1890 > image 6 of 828; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 1 Dec 2019 Citation details: Death notice: Dina Carolina BOTHA (1923), VAB MHG #16043, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LW-P9WW-N?i=1469&cat=195564 : accessed 27 Apr 2020 |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Anna Cecilia BRITS (1901), VAB MHG B1852, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9R-NK?i=118&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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War
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all. |
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Death of a mother
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Text: 15.1.1896 (88.6.-) Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2. Citation details: Death notice: Anna Cecilia MIJBURG (1896), VAB MHG M819, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LW-P93Z-L?i=1476&cat=195564 : accessed 7 Dec 2019 |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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Death of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Anna Cecilia BRITS (1901), VAB MHG B1852, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9R-NK?i=118&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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War
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Union of South Africa established. |
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Death of a brother
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Citation details: Death notice: Gert Roelof BRITS (1912), VAB MHG B3920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9Q-1M?cat=195564 : accessed 26 Nov 2019 |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban. |
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War
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world. |
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Prime minister
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century. |
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Prime minister
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1808–1896
Birth: calculated May 1808
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Death: November 15, 1896 — Boshof, Free State, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — January 21, 1825 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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9 years
younger brother |
1836–1912
Birth: September 12, 1836
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Death: August 19, 1912 — Boshof, Free State, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — February 26, 1849 — Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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Descendants of Jacobus Brits
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Generation 1
Jacobus Brits, son of Jan Brits and Anna Cecilia Meyburgh, was born on January 12, 1828.
He married Cecilia Helena Christina Brits (first cousin once removed ascending), daughter of Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits and Catharina Elizabeth van der Linde, on February 26, 1849 in Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. She was born on July 29, 1827.
Children of Jacobus Brits and Cecilia Helena Christina Brits:
- Jan Johannes Rudolf Brits (1850–)
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Generation 2 back to top
Jan Johannes Rudolf Brits, son of Jacobus Brits and Cecilia Helena Christina Brits, was born on June 26, 1850.
He married Dina Carolina Botha (sixth cousin), daughter of Jacob Pieter Botha and Anna Cecilia Brits, on March 7, 1870 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. She was born calculated October 1852 in Free State, South Africa and died on February 7, 1923 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.
Children of Jan Johannes Rudolf Brits and Dina Carolina Botha:
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Generation 3 back to top
Anna Cecilia Brits, daughter of Jan Johannes Rudolf Brits and Dina Carolina Botha, was born calculated November 16, 1872 in Boshof, Free State, South Africa and died on July 14, 1901 in Refugee camp, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.
She married Pieter Johannes Venter Joubert, son of Francois Jacobus Joubert and Margaretha Louisa Boshoff,. He was born on June 29, 1870 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa and died on October 8, 1948 in Doornlaagte, Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa at the age of 78.
Children of Anna Cecilia Brits and Pieter Johannes Venter Joubert:
- Dina Carolina Joubert (1892–)
- Francois Jacobus Joubert (1895–)
- Jan Johannes Joubert (1897–)
Cecilia Helena Christina Brits, daughter of Jan Johannes Rudolf Brits and Dina Carolina Botha.
She married Rudolf Johannes Francois Kachelhoffer (fourth cousin), son of Johannes Jacobus Kachelhoffer and Margaretha Elizabeth van Niekerk.
Cecilia Helena Christina Brits and Rudolf Johannes Francois Kachelhoffer had 1 child.
Ancestors of Jacobus Brits
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Generation 1
Jacobus Brits, son of Jan Brits and Anna Cecilia Meyburgh, was born on January 12, 1828.
Generation 2 back to topJan Brits, son of Rudolph Marthinus Brits and Dina Carolina Brits, was born on October 21, 1803 and died on August 3, 1869 at the age of 65.
Anna Cecilia Meyburgh, daughter of Jacobus Myburgh and Martha du Plessis, was born calculated May 1808 and died on November 15, 1896 in Doornhoek, Boshof, Free State, South Africa.
Generation 3 back to topRudolph Marthinus Brits, son of Rudolph Brits and Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen, was born calculated June 10, 1782 and died on November 1, 1868 in Zuurfontein, Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.
Dina Carolina Brits, daughter of Rudolph Johannes Brits and Geertruida van Eck, was baptized on February 3, 1785 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa.
Jacobus Myburgh, son of Gerrit Myburgh and Anna Cecilia Olivier, was baptized on February 9, 1783.
Martha du Plessis, daughter of Gabriel du Plessis and Magdalena Maria Venter, was baptized on February 10, 1787 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa and died on November 3, 1858 at the age of 71.
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